I’ve been quoted in a Master’s thesis. Or rather this blog has. Scoot on over to Frida Markendahl’s Making (a) difference in games Feminist game creation and other interferences with the Swedish video game industry’s reproduction of gendered sameness and... Continue Reading →

The Politics and Misconceptions of Gender One of the problems with Desborough’s text is that it presupposes through implications. At the start of the chapter on gender, Desborough states that wanting to make games more inclusive when it comes to... Continue Reading →

This is the first time I’ve ever experienced the death of a colleague. Friends, yes. Grandparents and my father, his brother, yes. But I worked with Corey, and that changes how his passing impacts me and the world around me.... Continue Reading →

I can finally talk a bit about what it is that I’m working on for BioWare in Edmonton. The game is called Anthem. The teaser trailer was released yesterday, a very dramatic piece of entertainment, and today during the Microsoft... Continue Reading →

Ethnicity in RPGs This is the second part in my series dedicated to reading and rebutting the booklet Diversity Dungeons and in this blog post, I’ll be looking at ethnicity. This is a somewhat skewed and queer reading of the... Continue Reading →

Caveat. It’s 3 am here, I can’t sleep because I twisted my ankle and I’m in pain. So this is a grumpy post. Also affected by the fact that my upstairs neighbour is clog dancing around their apartment. Lately, I’ve... Continue Reading →

Reading Heteronormativity into Imaginary Worlds Cards on the table. I am and will probably always be a feminist. I’m one of those pesky people criticising the gaming industry and culture because it lacks an inclusive and diverse point of view.... Continue Reading →

And here’s why. I’m sure by now you know about the absolute mess that is GamerGate. Preceded by those wobbly weeks in August when Zoe Quinn was accused of sleeping with people to get better reviews by an angry ex-boyfriend... Continue Reading →